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(CBS News) In Beijing, a man built a fake mountain on top of an apartment building. It took him six years and he didn’t have single permit. Now he’s supposed to tear it down. The illegal construction it appears takes…

Miranda Lambert won her third straight female video of the year award for the emotional “Over You,” a song she co-wrote with husband Blake Shelton about the untimely death of his brother

(CBS/AP) Carrie Underwood scored her third video of the year honor at the CMT Awards Wednesday night in Nashville for the song “Good Girl.” Underwood’s two wins – she also won for collaboration of the year for “Remind Me,” with…

“I think it cost something like $4,000, and a lot of people were like, `Why did you that?”‘ It was far from the raciest moment of the night

(CBS/AP) Carrie Underwood scored her third video of the year honor at the CMT Awards Wednesday night in Nashville for the song “Good Girl.” Underwood’s two wins – she also won for collaboration of the year for “Remind Me,” with…

Flying Lotus: Already well known in electronic circles, the California producer of mind-bending, spacey beats is a Thom Yorke favorite

(CBS/AP) Tens of thousands of festival-goers will begin descending on Manchester, Tenn. Thursday for the start of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, which runs through Sunday. This year features 150-plus acts, including several major bands, ranging from Radiohead and…

Since the first talks in 2000, the outlines of a deal have emerged — a Palestinian state in the vast majority of the war-won lands, with border adjustments and a land swap that would enable Israel to annex land where most of the settlers live

JERUSALEM Israelis and Palestinians were to hold their first formal peace talks in their home turf in the Middle East in nearly five years Wednesday, hours after Israel released 26 long-held Palestinian prisoners who were given a boisterous homecoming in…

In fact, she’s campaigning for it

(CBS News) It may have been the most difficult thing she’s ever done, but Margaret Cho says she would love to return to the dance floor. In fact, she’s campaigning for it. This fall, 토토사이트 ABC will launch a “Dancing…

DioGuardi will be head judge of the 10-episode series

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Kara DioGuardi is coming back to TV. The former “American Idol” judge is set to appear on “Going Platinum,” a song-writing competition on the Bravo Network. DioGuardi will be head judge of the 10-episode series. Singer-songwriter Jewel…

In an editorial published in The Guardian in May, Krasovsky said he came out to support other struggling Russians as well as encourage political change

A Russian TV personality who had covered Russia’s anti-gay propaganda laws was fired after he came out live on the air. Anton Krasovsky, then the editor-in-chief of Kremlin-backed Kontr TV, shocked his audience and producers with his surprise announcement several…

I want to ask them, send an envoy or do something

SEATTLE An American man detained in North Korea for the past nine months has been hospitalized after losing more than 50 pounds, and the need to bring him home is becoming more urgent, his sister said Sunday. Kenneth Bae, a…

“This project started life as an intended prequel to ‘Alien’ but morphed into something else

(CBS News) Reviews are in for outer-space thriller “Prometheus,” and they’re mostly positive. The film, which marks “Alien” and “Blade Runner” director Ridley Scott’s return to sci-fi, has scored a 74 percent “Fresh” rating from critics on RottenTomatoes.com. Here’s what…